enodia_ic | Raine's Birthday Bash!

raine's birthday bash

what's up? Raine turned 28 on Tuesday, June 6th, and Annie is making good on her ~~threat~~ promise to throw him a birthday party. Despite her teasing to the contrary, the whole affair is relaxed and understated. Everyone at the station was invited either personally by Annie or via flyers posted around the campus. The party is being hosted in Annie's one-bedroom apartment (Apt. 203) and is advertised as a "come through." So, anyone is welcome to stop by between 5pm and midnight to pay their respects, chat for a bit, and play a few party games. There is more weed on hand than alcohol and the vibe has been carefully curated to discourage rowdiness, but it's Raine's party, so Annie will match his cues.

the vibe!

There are few things in Annie's apartment that don't serve a functional purpose, so it was pretty easy for her to make space. Even so, at certain points in the evening, it is standing room only. She's brightened up the earth-toned interior with simple, brightly colored eco-friendly banners and garlands. There are lots of sweet treats on the counters in the kitchen and everything containing THC is prominently labeled with dosages by milligram. Her cat, Tussy, mostly stays in the bedroom but is friendly and available for scritches. THIS IS A SHOES OFF HOUSEHOLD.

volunteer slots!

Rhodes Callaway arrives at the wrong apartment and spends 45 minutes hanging out with Rory Fairfax in their pad before realizing no one else is coming.

Jack Jung is bored? Nosy? They begin poking around in Annie's desk drawers and get caught by Raine Riley!

Lenz Polzin gives Tussy a treat. And then Tussy follows them around the rest of the night. More food please!

Volunteer F forgets to lock the door when they hide in the bathroom to read their phone. Minty Payne walks in on them.

Volunteer H fails to read Annie's notes properly and takes what they think is a weed brownie. But it's really just a regular brownie.

Volunteer I and Volunteer J both got Raine the same birthday gift.

Volunteer K brings an instrument and immediately draws Annie's ire.

Annie's mother taught her that it endears people to you if you ask them for favors, so even though Annie is a control freak, she enlisted lots of help over the course of the week. Feel free to say Annie asked your character for something!

playlist!

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The Groove station on Radio France is ambiently playing from several inconspicuous rose quartz shaped speakers placed around her apartment. If anyone asks if they can hop on the AUX, Annie will pretend that she doesn't know who is controlling the music. 🙃

locations! ⬦ ARRIVALS/VIBE CHECK: Whatcha wearing? How ya feeling? When did you arrive? When'd you leave? Did you bring anything? DID YOU TAKE YOUR SHOES OFF LIKE ANNIE TOLD YOU TO?

⬦ I SAID NO GIFTS: The flyer invites posted around the station explicitly said that Raine does not want your junk, but maybe you brought him something anyway? This is also a place to leave cards or wish Raine a happy birthday with your human mouth.

⬦ AROUND THE APARTMENT: All areas of Annie's one-bedroom apartment are open to partygoers. The living room is set up like a conversation pit, the bedroom is open if people are looking for a little space, and the deck is set up with a few chairs and a small table. Please smoke outside if you're going to.

⬦ PARTY GAMES: A place for party games! Feel free to start your own or just tag in.

⬦ ELSEWHERE IN THE BUILDING: Did you wander off for a moment's respite from the chaos? Did you decide not to come to the party, but you're sitting alone in your apartment stewing with FOMO? (If you file a noise complaint against her, Annie will make your life a living hell. Just know that.)

⬦ OOC - QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS! Here if you need me!

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Raine told Jack he likes food and that he has a spice tolerance. Like an uncle who knows very little about you and fixates on one or two personal facts, Jack will now be foistering spicy food onto Raine from now until eternity. He's made phaal curry using ghost peppers from a plant Lou gave him, and there's a little index card in front of the dish indicating what it is and Jack's warning, in thick majuscule script, of "BE FUCKING CAREFUL!!!"

When Raine arrives, Jack makes sure to point at him ~~aggressively~~ enthusiastically and greet him a happy birthday. Like so.

Raine does enjoy spicy foods! He still looks a little bit like he regrets his decisions when he takes his first bite of this curry, though. It's got a kick!

This is certainly not a gift. This is a curse. It's a BuzzBallz Biggies Chocolate Tease Flavor which Crysta has written "4 Ur Birthday" on it in sparkly silver sharpie. This is cruel but it's a) the best flavor only everyone's too scared to try so this is a favor actually and b) no actually just mean sorry.

Raine initially informs Crysta curtly that he will not be drinking this, but he gives in after eating the very spicy curry. Better than nothing! ... actually, no, this made everything much worse.

A roomba rolled through and dropped a small gift wrapped package containing ear plugs and a Minions sleeping mask on the floor near the other gifts. The FROM: space on the gift tag sticker is not filled out.

Raine "forgets" this in Annie's apartment when he leaves.

Enoch would normally respect a "no gifts" policy, but the desire to annoy Raine is stronger. He uses an illusion to hide what he's carried in: a frivolously decorated pink gift bag, complete with a cute ribbon, two colours of tissue paper and a bunch of loose pastel confetti that keeps spilling everywhere. Nested inside is simply a carton of aquarium salt.

[A volunteer] can spot Enoch leaning over the gifts table, and how less than two minutes later, his illusion drops and the pink bag appears seemingly out of nowhere.

Raine sighs and closes his eyes in irritation when he opens this package and it promptly explodes into a tiny flurry of confetti. After he recoups his composure, cleans the confetti up, and actually opens the gift he does laugh at it, in the wincing kind of way one might laugh after hearing a pun. Very annoying execution, terrible punchline.

Linus was raised that it's bad manners to show up empty-handed, so he brings the eight dollarest bottle of wine. Is it for the host or is it for the birthday boy? If he leaves it on the table then it's no longer his problem! There's also a card.

Edited 2023-06-11 04:28 (UTC)

Raine does take this with him when he leaves, deciding he's more likely to enjoy it than Annie is.

Happy birthday bud

Willy brought Raine a half-smoked j —clearly unnecessary— and a vintage Burger King Little Mermaid cup. Happy birthday, bro.

Edited (oops title line) 2023-06-11 20:07 (UTC)

Raine especially hates it when Willy gives him things, because then he's obligated to keep them. At least this is a collector's item(?).

Minty brought a card with $100 tucked in it. It's not signed. What else do you get the guy whose name you maybe didn't know until a few weeks ago?

Raine deeply appreciates this impersonal gift.

A practical gift card to the coffee shop.

Vidalia brought an interactive electronic cat toy that was mysteriously dropped on her Amazon wishlist in the middle of the night. Happy birthday!!!!

Edited 2023-06-12 21:02 (UTC)

Raine's Birthday Bash!

I SAID NO GIFTS

I SAID NO GIFTS: Jack

I SAID NO GIFTS: Jack

I SAID NO GIFTS: Crysta

I SAID NO GIFTS: Crysta

I SAID NO GIFTS: Poet

I SAID NO GIFTS: Poet

I SAID NO GIFTS: Enoch

I SAID NO GIFTS: Enoch

I SAID NO GIFTS: Linus

I SAID NO GIFTS: Linus

I SAID NO GIFTS: Linus

I SAID NO GIFTS: Willy

I SAID NO GIFTS: Willy

I SAID NO GIFTS: Minty

I SAID NO GIFTS: Minty

I SAID NO GIFTS: Isaiah

I SAID NO GIFTS: Vidalia